Matthew 7:21-29

Matthew 7:21-29
English Standard Version (ESV)

  It's easy to hear the words of Jesus.  It's also easy to intend to do something about them.  We all do this all the time, and not just with church.  We intend to do something, to work on something.  I'll work out tomorrow.  I'll start eating better tomorrow.  I intend to get around to that... sometime.  Often, we never really get around to it.  We have the best of intentions, but our limited time gets in the way.
  Jesus is telling us to be careful -- if that's the attitude we take towards his teaching, we'll find ourselves without a foundation when the storms come.  If we don't do the work to secure our lives to Christ, we'll be lost when the winds rise and the waves threaten.  Intend to follow him, and then put those intentions into action -- that prayer habit you've been meaning to take up, that Scripture reading you're promised yourself you'll do, that service idea you've had in the back of your head for years.  Do it.  Discipline yourself, and you'll grow into mature discipleship, so you can withstand the storms that come and be securely anchored in Christ alone.